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Old 01-05-2021, 08:36 AM
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If you think something might be wrong with that...well...you’re just racist
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Originally Posted by Efini~FC3S
If you think something might be wrong with that...well...you’re just racist
Or anti-segregationist.
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Originally Posted by Efini~FC3S
If you think something might be wrong with that...well...you’re just racist
Not sure if serious, but its actually the opposite of that. If you are a racist you care about the ethnic background of a biz. If you are not a racist you don't care about the race of a biz, you just decide on other factors that are important to you, ie location, price, service, etc.

rac·ism

(rā′sĭz′əm)
n.
1. The belief that race accounts for differences in human character or ability and that a particular race is superior to others.
2. Discrimination or prejudice based on race.
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Originally Posted by mr steve
rac·ism
(rā′sĭz′əm)
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1. The belief that race accounts for differences in human character or ability and that a particular race is superior to others.
2. Discrimination or prejudice based on race.
Don't worry, Webster will literally change the definition of any word if they deem it fit for social justice. Awoman to that.
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Originally Posted by Braineack
Don't worry, Webster will literally change the definition of any word if they deem it fit for social justice. Awoman to that.

They already did :( I had to scroll to the 50thish result in poo-gle to get a pre sjw definition.
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17th out of 18 in the primaries. Donald Trump received more votes than her in the New Hampshire Democratic Primary back in January...
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Vocaroo | Online voice recorder

Who is this and what is it about?
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Originally Posted by olderguy
Vocaroo | Online voice recorder

Who is this and what is it about?
It's a telephone, but more complicated, unidirectional and non-realtime.

You record audio, and then send a link to it to people, and they can listen to the audio.
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This is a chart that plots 4 data points. You can see similar charts in select states across the nation.

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As we discussed months ago, Virginia started out Trump until your county was counted, and things turned.... Not unexpectedly, blue. That's how you explained it to me... Huge population in a county that is highly leaned Democrat.

EDIT: Presuming the above graph is even real. I don't recall it that way. I recall that at 10% in, the Dems were leading strongly.
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Originally Posted by DNMakinson
As we discussed months ago, Virginia started out Trump until your county was counted, and things turned.... Not unexpectedly, blue. That's how you explained it to me... Huge population in a county that is highly leaned Democrat.

EDIT: Presuming the above graph is even real. I don't recall it that way. I recall that at 10% in, the Dems were leading strongly.
The graph might be true (I'm not sure) but it starts late and at 1,500,000 votes. That's to make to the jump look more significant than it is.
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If the Lord God Almighty Himself descended from the heavens, and personally certified the election result, Braineack would accuse Him of being either a Liberal shill or part of "the conspiracy."




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Originally Posted by Skamba
The graph might be true (I'm not sure) but it starts late and at 1,500,000 votes. That's to make to the jump look more significant than it is.
he who counts last counts the most.
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I'm eagerly awaiting the far-right to start claiming that the folks storming the Capitol Building right now are actually Antifa, engaged in a false-flag operation to further discredit the President and his hard-core fanboys.




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